As a Yorkshireman, two spaces is a waste of paper :) Then there's the tale of the Scotsman and the pins in an early stock control system.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 4:01 PM zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > It's considered "old" because it's how people were taught to type on > typewriters, so the theory is "If you do this, you learned back when people > learned on typewriters, which makes you old". In any case, it's not > considered standard any more: style guides eschew it. > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:44 PM Bob Bridges <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". > Also > > "e.g.". Me, I eschew periods in abbreviations that are common enough; > > "ie", "eg", "Mr", "Dr", "JRR Tolkein" and so on. I add them to my > > dictionary so spell-check doesn't get annoyed. (Spell-check always > > believes me, smart little bugger that it is.) > > > > I gather that the adherents to "French spacing" (two spaces after the end > > of a sentence - and, by the way, after a colon which comes at the end of > a > > full-sentence clause) are slightly in the minority. I'd never heard that > > it's a mark of old folks, just that some people hate it and some insist > on > > it. > > > > --- > > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > > > John: Well, you would not assure me that it was anything real. > > Reason: Nor that it was not. > > John: But I must think it is one or the other. > > Reason: By my father's soul, you must NOT -- until you have some > > evidence. Can you not remain in doubt? > > John: I don't know that I have ever tried. > > Reason: You must learn to, if you are to come far with me.... */ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 18:01 > > > > Single space after a period if not end of sentence. I. E. abbreviations. > > > > --- On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Specifically, not after titles: "Ms. Smith", "Dr. Jones:. Also bad > > places for > > > automatic linebreaks. > > > > > > --- On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > > > >Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is > two > > > >spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as > much > > > >sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word > > check > > > >to make sure they're always there... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
